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Re: Switch from Chrome to Firefox

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Post by digitarald »

mattfrommars wrote: post #81

I like to switch from Chrome to Firefox but only thing keeping me with Chrome is its superior web development tool. One my the dev here recommends us to use Chrome because of its better Javascript debugger - something to do with the output in the web console takes you to the corresponding Javascript line & instance where it is invoked on the web page. I am not entirely sure what it is. Whatever it is, its not in Fire…

DevTools PM here. I did write about improved source maps in Firefox a few weeks ago on hacks (https://hacks.mozilla.org/2019/05/faster-smarter-javascript-...). Hope devs try it out again, as tools evolve and improve fast.

Re: Switch from Chrome to Firefox

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Post by brandmeyer »

asenna wrote: post #233
intothev01d wrote: post #20

I switched a couple of months ago because Chrome is just a bloated piece of garbage. One of my favorite features in Firefox is containers, which I used to have different users for in Chrome. Maybe Chrome has something similar now but it's one of the things I liked when I switched over. Haven't had any issues so far, glad I did

> One of my favorite features in Firefox is containers I switched a couple months ago from Chrome to Firefox as well but to tell you the truth, I just heard about containers and what you could do with it. I guess I must've been living under a rock, this is amazing! I was already glad I made the switch for the less resources being used on my aging Macbook Pro and better privacy features, but containers just took this…

I love FF and use it daily. But honestly, the "some random tab has runaway javascript" is as much of a problem on FF as it is on Chrome. If you leave a JS-heavy site open long enough, sooner or later you'll have some runaway JS come and bite you in the battery. The only complete solution I've got is... to turn it off and back on again. The entire browser, not just the offending tab.

Re: Switch from Chrome to Firefox

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Post by sovnade »

latexr wrote: post #719
dror wrote: post #636

It is so clear to me that we need to support and promote mozilla and Firefox. They're not perfect, but they, wikipedia, eff, archive.org (who else?) are such an important part of the Internet guardianship in the face of the monopolies, that it's our duty to support them. Doesn't hurt that Firefox is actually a great product.

> Doesn't hurt that Firefox is actually a great product. Arguably. On these threads there is always a handful of complaints about the state of Firefox, mostly on macOS. On my machine, I can’t even launch Firefox in headless mode without the fans turning on, which never happened on Chrome. While I haven’t benchmarked it, for normal browsing it does feel slower than Crome. But what kills it for me is their crippled App…

Headless mode maybe, but for regular users I don't think there's many issues.

I'm running firefox as my daily driver on Mojave with no issues whatsoever. Without seeing this thread, I didn't even know there were issues with the mac version.

Re: Switch from Chrome to Firefox

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Post by matthew-wegner »

techntoke wrote: post #734
mcstafford wrote: post #160

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes * https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/accounts/ * https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/products/firefox/sync

Firefox sync needs a well-maintained Docker image.

And iOS support for a self-hosted sync server :(

Re: Switch from Chrome to Firefox

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Post by xvf22 »

chronogram wrote: post #677
xvf22 wrote: post #658

Already switched to Firefox and couldn't be happier.

Same! Had Developer edition installed for testing, but switched fully today (Uninstalled Developer, installed Nightly). The fonts look nice, it's got wayland support on my Linux partition (on Fedora), and it's just really pleasant!

Got a new laptop and that in addition to Google's evergrowing awfulness prompted the switch. Was pleasantly surprised that my u2f tokens worked as expected.

Re: Switch from Chrome to Firefox

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Post by freedomben »

ClassyJacket wrote: post #712
r3bl wrote: post #621

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> Just look at YouTube denying Chromium-based Edge the new redesigned experience for absolutely zero reason. The reason is almost certainly a new user agent (compared to non-Chromium Edge) that YouTube didn't expect. Chromium-based Edge is still not stable, and therefore, not properly supported by YouTube. I don't have time to test this, but I'm willing to bet that you'd get the same result by using any indie browser…

That isn't how the web is supposed to work. Browsers implements standards. It shouldn't matter what the user agent says.

Your company's customers aren't going to care when you tell them this. They're going to complain to your support department that your app doesn't work.

Re: Switch from Chrome to Firefox

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Post by disordinary »

jb1991 wrote: post #724
latexr wrote: post #719

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> Doesn't hurt that Firefox is actually a great product. Arguably. On these threads there is always a handful of complaints about the state of Firefox, mostly on macOS. On my machine, I can’t even launch Firefox in headless mode without the fans turning on, which never happened on Chrome. While I haven’t benchmarked it, for normal browsing it does feel slower than Crome. But what kills it for me is their crippled App…

Yeah, unfortunately, Mozilla has consistently demonstrated over recent years that it doesn't care about Mac users. It's weird, to be honest. The widespread issues for many, though not all, Mac users, will not make it a ubiquituous browser.

I use a mac and firefox is my main browser, I don't remember having any problems.

Re: Switch from Chrome to Firefox

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Post by [deleted] »

abdullahkhalids wrote: post #757
ClassyJacket wrote: post #718

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Agreed. The fact that Firefox doesn't allow unsigned addons is proof enough of this.

You can't have both the ability to install unsigned addons and one-click addons in a software designed for average Joe, and not end up with massive malware problems. https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2015/04/15/the-case-for-exte... Mozilla could not advertise Firefox as secure if they allowed unsigned addons.

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